Floor dressing and polishing device



March 2 1926.

- T. G. JOHNSON FLOOR DRESSING AND POLISHING DEVICE Filed April 18, 1924L 3 Mucuioc 1726050716 61. (7072725072,

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Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

THEODORE G. JOHNSON, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

FLOOR DRESSING AND POLISHING DEVICE.

Application filed April 18, 1924. Serial No. 707,425.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Trrnononn G. JOHNSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FloorDressing and Polishing Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to devices for applying dressing to floors, andmore especially to that class of floor finishing devices adapted toapply a filling material of wax or similar surface dressing.

One object of the invention is to provide a relatively simple,inexpensive and easily manipulated device of this character which may beused both as a waxing and polishing device.

In devices of this character thewax is usually employed in paste formand forced upon the floor through a rubbing cloth which acts as astrainer, permitting only the liquid ingredients to pass out while thedesirable solids are retained in the device, so that little or nobenefit is derived therefrom. I overcome the foregoing objection byproviding a rubbing cloth, constituting one of the present features,with openings through which all of the ingredients are forced out uponthe floor in a uniform manner so that none is retained to become wasted.

Another feature resides in fastening means which enable the cloth to bequickly applied or removed from the container of the device.

Other features will hereinafter appear, and in order that the inventionmay be fully understood reference will now be had to the accompanyingdrawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device with a portion of the handlebroken away.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the de vice reversed and taken online II-II of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the device reversed and taken online IIIIII of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a fastening device for holdingthe cloth in position.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of a follower for forcing thematerial from the container out upon the floor.

Referring now in detail to the various parts, 2 designates a reversiblecontainer closed at its upper portion by a brush 4 and having an openbottom across which the rubbing cloth 6 is stretched. It is to beunderstood that the term cloth used throughout the description andclaims includes fabric, leather or othersuitable material. The rubbingcloth 6 has perforations 8 through which the wax or other material A ispressed upon the floor by a follower 10 consisting preferably of castiron or other metal to obtain the desired weight. The wax A is placed ina piece of cloth 12, the margins of which together with the margins ofthe rubbing cloth 6, are lapped over the reduced portion 18 of thecontainer 2 and firmly secured iii-place by a metallic band 14 providedwith a pair of oppositely-disposed resilient retainers 16 secured tosaid band 14 by pivots 18. The free ends of the retainer 16 are bent atright angles thereto and passed through openings 19 in the band andpointed as indicated at 20, so that they may be forced through thecloths 6 and 12 as shown by Fig. 2, and into recesses 22 formed in theadjacent sides of the container 2, as shown by Fig. 2. The band 14 maybe further secured in place by set screws 23, threaded in said band andadapted to force the adjacent portions of the cloths 6 and "12 intorecesses 15 formed in the ends of the container 2.

A rubber or other suitable bumper 24 is secured to each end of thecontainer 2 to prevent the same from being pushed against the base boardor furniture and defacing the same.

26 designates a handle of suitable length secured at its lower end to abail 28, the lower ends of which are bent'inwardly to extend intorecesses 30 in opposite sides of the container 2. Said lower ends of theband 28 are pivotally mounted upon a bolt 82 extending transverselythrough the container 2 and an intermediate depression 34 in thefollower 10. The ends of the bolt 32, like the lower ends of the bail28, are arranged in the recesses 30, so that they cannot contact withand mar the furniture.

In practice when wax is to 'be applied to the floor the container 2 isturned upside down, or in the position shown by Fig. 1, to bring itsopen bottom uppermost. A quantity of wax is then placed upon the cloth12 which is pushed downwardly into the container 2 and upon the follower10 which rests upon the back of the brush 4. The perforate rubbing cloth6 is then placed Lil in position over the cloth 12, after which themargins of both cloths are folded over the sides of the container 2 andfirmly se cured by pressing the band 1d downwardly in position, saidband being proportioned to fit friction-tight over the margins of thecloths 6 and 12. The pointed ends 20 of the retaining devices 16 arethen directed through the openings 19 and into the recesses 22, therebyholding the cloths and the band l i firmly in position. The cloths 6 and12 and the band 14 may be further secured by tightening the set screw.The container 2 is then turned over to the po-v sition disclosed byFigs. 2 and 3, so that the heavy follower 10 will rest upon the cloth 12and force the war: A out through the perforations S of the cloth 6 asthe device is rubbed back and forth over the floor. After the Wax hasbeen spread over the floor the device is turned over so that thepolishing operation may be carried out with the brush 4:. When a highpolish is desired the polishing operation can be finished with a padsecured in position over the brush.

From the foregoing description. taken in connection with the drawings itwill be readily understood that I have provided a device embodying theadvanta es above pointed out, and while have shown and desTribeal thepreferred construction, combination and arrangement of parts I reservethe to make such changes as properly fall Within the spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure byLetters atent, is:

l. A device of the character described consisting of an open-bottomcontainer, a handle to said container, a rubbing cloth stretched acrosssaid open-bottom and folded against the sides and ends of saidcontainer, a band fitting around said container to hold the foldedportions'of said cloth, and a retaining device mounted at each side ofsaid band and having a terminal to enter a recess in the container andhold said band iniposition on said container.

2. A device of the character described consisting of an open-bottomcontainer, .a handle to said container, a rubbing cloth stretched acrosssaid open-bottom and folded against the sides and ends of saidcontainer, :1 band. fitting around said container to hold the foldedportions said cloth, and spring retaining devices pivoted at one end tosaid band and pointed at their opposite end and bent to pass throughopenings in the band and engage said container.

3. A device of the character described con sisting of an open-bottomcontainer, a l andle to said container, a perforated rubbing clothstretched across said opcn-b "tom and folded against the sides and endsof said container, a band fitting around said container to hold thefolded portions of said cloth, and retaining' devices for holding saidband in position on'said container.

4:. In a device of the character described an open-bottom container, :1rubbing cloth stretched across the open bottom and secured to saidcontainer and having openings therein, a band fitting around saidcontainer to hold the folded portions of said cloth, and springretaining devices pivoted at one end to said band and pointed at theiropposite end and bent to pass through openings in the band and engagesaid container.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

THEODORE G. JOHNSON.

